New home / Fiber installation

So apologes in advance as I have always used sky who send out engineers to ensure everything works. Basically I have no idea what Im taking about.

So new development has the white BT modem pre-installed (in a cupboard) and it's fibre. Got the new hub and when plugged in to the point next to the TV i get no internet connection. Plug it directly into the modem in the cupboard and it works. So must be something wrong with the cable between the TV point and the cupboard. Got the builders in today who tested said cable and say its fine and that it must be something to do with the BT products......................so now at a dead end.....................anybody and ideas?

Re: New home / Fiber installation

None of the ethernet sockets in any of the rooms in the house will work until they are connected to a router or switch.

If the developer has followed Openreach recommendations there should be a patch panel near the ONT (white Openreach box). Connect the hub to the ONT and use patch cables from the ethernet output ports on the hub to connect to the patch panel. Now all ethernet sockets will work in each room.

Here's OR's recommended set up.

If you don't want any of the other ethernet sockets on the house to be operative you could identify (trial and error) the port on the patch panel that will serve the one room you want the hub in. Connect that port to the ONT with a patch cable and place the hub in the room connected with a patch cable to the ethernet socket.

Re: New home / Fiber installation

That is an ideal situation, but I doubt that many builders would go to this trouble unless the purchaser requests it at the start. Many simply run phone wiring with sockets in every room, with not a Ethernet cable in sight.

They expect the home hub to be next to the ONT, with perhaps a couple of mains sockets, and a phone socket.

There was a recent post on the forum, describing exactly this situation.